Nick Cassidy

Nicholas Robert Cassidy (born 19 August 1994) is a New Zealand racing driver, who competes in the Formula E World Championship for the Citroën Formula E Team and in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Peugeot in the Hypercar class. He previously raced for Jaguar and Envision Racing in the series for three seasons, and finished as the runner-up during the 2022–23 and 2024-25 seasons. He has won the 2017 championship in Super GT and the 2019 championship in Super Formula.

Career Cassidy began his racing career in karting when he was just six years old and remained in karting till 2010. He participated in midget races from the age of eight.

After driving in Formula First championships, Cassidy started racing in the Formula Ford championships in New Zealand and Australia. In 2009, Cassidy was runner-up in the New Zealand Formula First Championship, and in 2010, he was runner-up in the New Zealand Formula Ford Championship. Both times, he was named Rookie of the year. He made his Formula E debut in the 2020–21 Formula E season for Envision Virgin Racing, replacing Sam Bird. He also made his debut in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for a combined entry of AF Corse and Red Bull Racing, replacing Red Bull Racing Reserve Driver Alex Albon in the final round of the 2021 season at the Norisring. He drove Red Bull's Ferrari 488 GT3s for the 2022 season. Cassidy and Ryo Hirakawa were GT500 champions in 2017, driving the No. 37 Lexus LC 500 for TOM'S.

Formula E Envision Racing (2021–2023) Cassidy during the 2023 Berlin ePrix Cassidy began competing in Formula E for the Envision Virgin Racing team starting with the 2020–21 season, partnering Robin Frijns. Having failed to score during the first three races, Cassidy scored his first pole position during a wet-weather session at Rome. However, Cassidy spun out of the lead on the opening lap as a result of a software glitch, before being pushed into the wall and out of the race by Oliver Rowland. He scored points in the following rounds in Valencia and Monaco before achieving his maiden podium at the Puebla ePrix. At the next race in New York City, Cassidy scored another pole and led the race until the closing laps, when a misjudged move by Jean-Éric Vergne forced the Kiwi down to fourth. He returned to the podium on Sunday, though this would be his final podium of the year, as Cassidy finished a chaotic season of Formula E 15th in the standings, 23 points behind champion Nyck de Vries.

For the 2021–22 season, Cassidy remained at Envision, once again partnering Frijns. The opening half of his season yielded little success for the New Zealander, who only took three points finishes in the first ten races. Just like the previous year, Cassidy qualified on pole pole position for the first race in New York, one he would convert into his first Formula E victory despite being involved in a multi-car pileup thanks to a sudden rain shower late in the race, as the event was aborted and countback rules were applied to the classification. He qualified on pole the following day only to be sent to the back of the grid as repairs to his car forced the team to use a fifth radiator of the season, earning Cassidy a 30-place grid penalty. Cassidy finished on the podium at London as a result of a penalty for De Vries and ended the season eleventh in the standings, four positions behind teammate Frijns.

Envision retained Cassidy ahead of the 2022–23 campaign, with him being partnered by Season 2 champion Sébastien Buemi. After two events that earned him points finishes, Cassidy scored back-to-back podiums at Hyderabad and Cape Town before missing out narrowly on victory to Mitch Evans at the São Paulo ePrix. The Kiwi continued his championship assault in Germany, winning the second race of the Berlin ePrix, narrowing his gap to leader Pascal Wehrlein to four points. At the next round in Monaco, Cassidy charged from his starting spot of tenth to second within the opening seven laps, before executing a pass on title rival Evans to take victory in the principality. Cassidy struggled in Jakarta, finishing seventh on Saturday before losing out on points on Sunday after damaging his front wing in a self-inflicted accident with Wehrlein, though he would return to form with a win at Portland, having managed his car's energy well in a pandemonious, peloton-style race. Rome brought a podium on the opening day for Cassidy, however a crash caused by Evans on Sunday caused Cassidy to finish in a lowly 14th. Still with good chances to win the title, Cassidy qualified second for the first London race but was promoted to pole after Evans's penalty for the Rome accident had been applied. During the race, drama ensued: Cassidy, who had been leading the race until his first attack mode activation dropped him back to fourth, became the victim in a teammate collision as miscommunication caused him to rip of his car's front wing, with Buemi, who had been ready to help Cassidy in his title ambitions by letting the Kiwi through, received no communication from his team. As Cassidy retired due to the damage, Jake Dennis managed to take the title on Saturday. A win from pole on a rainy Sunday acted as consolation for Cassidy, who finished the season second in the championship.

Jaguar Racing (2024–2025)

Cassidy switched to Jaguar TCS Racing on a multi-year contract, replacing Sam Bird and partnering fellow Kiwi driver Mitch Evans for the 2023–24 Formula E season. Having been consistent through the first half of the season, Cassidy scored two victories and six more podiums. He entered the 2024 Portland ePrix with a lead of 25 points over Pascal Wehrlein. Cassidy was leading race 1 of the Portland ePrix until the penultimate lap, where he spun out. He left Portland with no points scored across the two races. A disastrous qualifying in London race 1 and an accident in race two with António Félix da Costa meant Cassidy could only finish the season in third place.

Cassidy left Jaguar following the end of the 2024–25 season.

Citroën (2025–present)

Cassidy at the 2025 Pre-season testing session at Circuit Ricardo Tormo. In September 2025, Cassidy was announced to be joining new team Citroën Racing for the 2025–26 season alongside double champion Jean-Éric Vergne.

Cassidy is set to continue at Citroën for the 2026–27 season alongside Vergne.

Endurance racing career 2026 In 2026, Cassidy will drive for Peugeot in the Hypercar class of the FIA World Endurance Championship.

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record Racing career summary † As Cassidy was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points. Season still in progress.

Complete Toyota Racing Series results (key)

Complete New Zealand Grand Prix results Year Team Car Qualifying Main race 2011 Giles Motorsport Tatuus FT-50 - Toyota 2nd 8th 2012 Giles Motorsport Tatuus FT-50 - Toyota 2nd 1st 2013 M2 Competition Tatuus FT-50 - Toyota 4th 1st 2014 M2 Competition Tatuus FT-50 - Toyota 1st 1st

Complete Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 results (key)

Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results (key) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points 2013 EuroInternational Mercedes MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 NC† 0† Carlin Volkswagen HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 2014 ThreeBond with T-Sport NBE SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 MSC1 MSC2 MSC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 NC† 0† 2015 Prema Powerteam Mercedes SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 ALG1 ALG2 ALG3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 16th 43 2016 Prema Powerteam Mercedes LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 ZAN2 ZAN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 IMO1 IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 4th 254 † As Cassidy was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete Macau Grand Prix results Year Team Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2014 ThreeBond with T-Sport 7th 5th 3rd 2015 TOM'S 24th 17th 12th 2016 Prema Powerteam 10th 11th DNF

Complete Japanese Formula 3 Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 DC Pts 2015 Petronas Team TOM'S Toyota SUZ1 SUZ2 MOT1 MOT2 MOT3 OKA1 OKA2 FUJ1 FUJ2 OKA1 OKA2 FUJ1 FUJ2 MOT1 MOT2 SUG1 SUG2 1st 129

Complete Super GT results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 2015 Team Up Garage with Bandoh Toyota 86 GT300 OKA FUJ CHA FUJ SUZ SUG AUT MOT NC 0 2016 Lexus Team TOM'S Lexus RC F GT500 OKA FUJ SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT MOT 5th 54 2017 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus LC 500 GT500 OKA FUJ AUT SUG FUJ SUZ CHA MOT 1st 84 2018 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus LC 500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ CHA FUJ SUG AUT MOT 2nd 75 2019 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus LC 500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ CHA FUJ AUT SUG MOT 2nd 83 2020 TGR Team KeePer TOM'S Toyota GR Supra GT500 GT500 FUJ FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ SUZ MOT FUJ 8th 46

Complete Super Formula results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2017 Kondo Racing Toyota SUZ OKA OKA FUJ MOT AUT SUG SUZ SUZ 10th 7 2018 Kondo Racing Toyota SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ 2nd 37 2019 Vantelin Team TOM'S Toyota SUZ AUT SUG FUJ MOT OKA SUZ 1st 36 2020 Vantelin Team TOM'S Toyota MOT OKA SUG AUT SUZ SUZ FUJ 4th 50 ‡ Half points awarded as less than 75% of race distance was completed.

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank PointsRef 2019 AIM Vasser Sullivan GTD Lexus RC F GT3 Lexus 5.0 L V8 DAY SEB MDO DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR LGA PET 49th 26 2026 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY SEB WGL MOS ELK IMS PET 3rd* 325*Source:

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2019 Lexus Team KeePer TOM'S Lexus LC500 GT500 HOC1 HOC2 ZOL1 ZOL2 MIS1 MIS2 NOR1 NOR2 ASS1 ASS2 BRH1 BRH2 LAU1 LAU2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HOC1 HOC2 NC† 0† 2021 AlphaTauri AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 MNZ1 MNZ2 LAU1 LAU2 ZOL1 ZOL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 RBR1 RBR2 ASS1 ASS2 HOC1 HOC2 NOR1 NOR2 16th 11 2022 AlphaTauri AF Corse Ferrari 488 GT3 Evo 2020 ALG1 ALG2 LAU1 LAU2 IMO1 IMO2 NOR1 NOR2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SPA1 SPA2 RBR1 RBR2 HOC1 HOC2 13th 64 † As Cassidy was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score championship points.

Complete Formula E results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete FIA World Endurance Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 2022 AF Corse Francesco Castellacci Thomas Flohr Ferrari 488 GTE Evo GTEAm 340 39th 6th 2026 Peugeot TotalEnergies Paul di Resta Stoffel Vandoorne Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar 376 12th 12th

Complete Asian Le Mans Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) + Year Team Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pos. Points 2025–26 Inter Europol Competition LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 SEP1 SEP2 DUB1 DUB2 ABU1 ABU2 22nd 0